Hello readers! Here is an idea I got from reading a story a friend of mine wrote a long time ago with different characters in a different show. This story is AU so I hope you'll like it. Also I really love Penelope and Luke together. I think they are sexy and hot and just super cute when they have scenes together! I just finished rewatching some of their scenes on YouTube and my muse is on fire! Anyway this story is rated M for a reason. Eventually ;) Don't like don't read. Press the back button now! Those that do then I hope you enjoy the ride with me as they journey together in this new story!
Disclaimer: Don't own criminal minds :(
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Penelope was getting ready for work like she usually did every morning. She wore her usually colorful outfits and matching heels. She finished putting on makeup and was now grabbing her lunch box she had prepared the night before. She opened her door and saw someone walking away down her driveway and down the street. She started to walk when she felt something by her feet. She looked down and gasped. What in the world? There was a sleeping Hispanic baby in a car seat with an old looking black diaper bag next to it. She looked left and right and down again to the baby. She grabbed a paper towel and with it grabbed the handle of the car seat with the baby and diaper and went inside. Maybe we can get some fingerprints. She made sure the baby was okay and took her cell phone out her purse.
"Prentiss." Prentiss said as she answered her phone.
"Emily, you're not going to believe what has happened?" Penelope said as she looked at the sleeping baby.
Half hour later, there was a knock on the door and when it opened Prentiss' eyes widened.
"I tried not to pick him up but he started crying and I just couldn't not do anything." Penelope said as she held the baby in her arms.
"So he was left abandoned outside your door." Prentiss said as she analyzed the situation.
"There was someone walking away in a hoodie but by the time I realized it could have been the mother or someone that abandoned him, they were long gone." Penelope said frustrated. "I don't understand why me? Am I in danger? Is the baby in danger?"
"We need to contact CPS as soon as we get back to the BAU." Prentiss said as she put on gloves she had brought with her and picked up the car seat and diaper bag. When she looked at the car seat there was a small note hidden but not well enough. "This must be a letter written from the mother."
"What does it say?" Penelope asked as they walked towards the cars.
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The BAU family was waiting by the elevators when they opened and saw a baby in Penelope's arm.
"I need you to process everything in this bag and car seat." Prentiss said to an employee that had just walked up to her.
"What the heck?" JJ asked as she caressed the baby's cheek.
"Tell me about it." Penelope said as she kept holding the baby.
"Does he have a name?" Tara asked.
"Emily found a note in the car seat. He's name is Marcello and he's two months old." Penelope smiled at the baby looking at her. "The note said she was very sorry but she didn't know what else to do and that he was better off without her." She said as she kept looking at him. "What I don't understand is why me?"
"The woman knows you obviously." Alvez said analyzing what Penelope was saying.
"The woman could have a connection with you or it could also be..." Reid started to say but was interrupted.
"Wonder boy I love you but let's wait until we get a hit on the fingerprints before I start freaking out even more." Penelope said as she walked to her cave.
"She's already getting attached to him." Rossi said as he watched his daughter walk away.
"That's why I'm planning on calling CPS right now and try to find out what the heck is going on." Prentiss said as she walked to her office.
The group started to investigate what the hell was going on. Alvez wanted to find out as well but he looked at the closed door to her cave. He decided against his better judgement and walked towards her. He put the code in, opened the door and walked in. He smiled when he saw her on the couch singing softly to the baby.
Penelope looked up and saw him by the door. "What?"
"Nothing," he quickly said. "You need anything?"
"I don't know." She said softly as she looked at the baby in her arms.
Alvez watched and nodded. "We're gonna find out what's going on okay?"
"Thanks," she looked at him with a small smile and focused on Marcello once again.
Alvez turned around and walked out of her office closing the door behind him.
The two of them weren't arguing as much anymore but they weren't close friends either like she was with the rest of the group. He knew he was the new guy but it's been three years now since he started working there. Sometimes he would catch her looking at him and rarely she flirted with him but then she would deny such thing. It was driving him insane the back and forth they had going on. He knew she trusted him with her life but there was some unspoken attraction between them that he did not want to rush... yet.
Penelope looked at the closed door and then back at the beautiful baby in her arms. She really wanted to tell Alvez how much she was freaking out and what all this meant. She already knew she was getting attached to the baby and knew that wasn't good.
The baby started to cry again so she figured it might be time to feed him. She grabbed one of the bottles and made sure it was drinkable. She made a face that it definitely tasted like breast milk but also relieved that it was fresh. She gave him the bottle and started singing softly again.
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A couple of hours later, Penelope, baby Marcello in her arms and the gang were in the briefing room.
"Okay so we had a hit on the fingerprints. Her name is Marcella Ramirez 21 years old and she had been part of a case we had almost 20 years ago when we rescued around 50 babies being sold on the black market. Her DNA matches one of the babies we rescued." Prentiss explained.
"Okay but why me? It still doesn't make any sense." Penelope said as she swayed to keep Marcello asleep.
"It says here that you checked on a couple of moms reunited with the babies for a couple of months to make sure they were adjusting okay." JJ said reading the file.
"Oh." Penelope said softly remembering that case.
"Also I called CPS and they will be here tomorrow. They already know about this information." Prentiss said. "We have an APB out on Marcella."
"I'm going home and we'll wait for CPS to contact us." Penelope said as she started to get her tablet with one hand while she held Marcello with the other arm.
"Do you think that's a good idea?" Rossi asked concerned.
"What do you mean?" Penelope asked defensively.
"Babe we just don't want you to get hurt when he has to go into the system." J. J. said concerned as well.
"You can't keep him, you know that right?" Tara said worriedly.
"I know that but in the meantime he'll stay with me until we can find him a family. I'm already certified to be a foster parent." Penelope said.
"You are?" Alvez asked.
"Yes. Ever since I turned 21. I did it for my parents. I never used my mothering skills but I can now." Penelope explained.
"CPS is aware that you are certified but this is a sensitive case. We all think it's personal including them so they might not let you take him until he's in the system." Prentiss explained.
"I'm going home. They can arrest me if they want. This baby will not be staying at an orphanage where the care is subpar." Penelope said as she walked away from them.
